Fireworks are ramping up every night and my dog is shaking.

Not sure your walking/outdoor situation is w your dog but supposedly 4th of July is a common time for dogs to get spooked and run away. I'm sure things will be fine w yours but thought I'd mention it.

by Anonymous

reply 2

07/01/2013

My yard is fenced in, but he only goes out when I'm there. Keeping him indoors, with the windows closed and the tv on while i'm out on July 4th.

by Anonymous

reply 3

07/01/2013

I'm sorry for your dog, poor thing.

by Anonymous

reply 4

07/01/2013

Stay home with him if you can. One of ours is petrified of thunder and fireworks. I fold up a heavy blanket,like a big thick pad and press it into his sides (like a "Thunder Coat"). It really keeps him calm. It also helps when I lay next to him on the bed.

by Anonymous

reply 5

07/01/2013

He's a very independent dog (doesn't sleep in the bed with me) does his own thing, but when those fireworks go off he comes over to me and sits right against me. So cute.

by Anonymous

reply 6

07/01/2013

Put him down.

by Anonymous

reply 7

07/01/2013

Don't pet him or fuss over him or "comfort" him when he's shaking. That just reinforces his behavior.

He's coming over to you not for comfort, but to see what you're doing, what your reaction is, to follow your lead. If you just sit there doing what you were doing, not reacting at all to the fireworks, maybe just yawning when one goes off, he will calm down. He will take his cue from you. It may take a lot of repetition of this behavior to change his behavior, but it should work.

It's imperative that you show no reaction at all to the noise, other than a yawn.

by Anonymous

reply 8

07/01/2013

Get him some anti anxiety med from the vet. This is a common problem. My dog started getting this way over thunderstorms later in her life when she was starting to lose her hearing. I guess whatever hearing she had left over made thunder sound terrifying to her (she hadn't displayed this kind of behavior w thunder when she was younger.) When she finally completely lost her hearing, it was no longer a problem.

by Anonymous

reply 9

07/01/2013

Pick up some Calmitrol wafers from a pet store, they,work wonders.

by Anonymous

reply 10

07/01/2013

What about thunder? A dog who is spooked by fireworks is usually petrified this time of year by the noisy storms that often appear out of nowhere and knock them silly. And scared, well, shitless.

by Anonymous

reply 11

07/01/2013

My Corgi is the same way. He's not phased by anything, except thunder and fireworks. If we're out for a walk and he hears even the trace of a boom from a firecracker, he will immediately turn around and lead me home as fast as he can. I try and not indulge him too much, but it's the one thing that really bothers him.

by Anonymous

reply 13

07/01/2013

I've always had Pomeranians and they've got a reputation for being yappy, hyper, and skittish. I also live a block away from a massive public fireworks show that reverberates through my house and echoes off the brick wall next to it.

But my Poms have always been totally indifferent to the booming. If they notice at all, it's just to look up as if to say, "Oh, what's that?" Then they go back to whatever they were up to.

The only exception was one; if he happened to be outside, he'd bark once or twice as if to "challenge" the fireworks and then went back to ignoring them.

by Anonymous

reply 14

07/01/2013

[quote]A big pussy dog owner with a pussy dog. Get a cat, you wimp.

I assume English is your second language, so please allow me to help you. Dogs are the big things that say "Bark". Cats are the wee tiny things that go "meow" or "hisssss" (not to be confused with the sound made by NYC gays which is hisssssssssssssssss").

by Anonymous

reply 15

07/01/2013

All 4th of July activities will be cancelled because of OP's fucking dog. I so decree it.

by Anonymous

reply 16

07/01/2013

R13 wrote "He's not phased by anything, ..."

The word you wanted and apparently do know is "fazed."

Learn something today.

(See, I was nice ... didn't call you an idiot or worse.)

by Anonymous

reply 17

07/01/2013

RLET strikes again.

by Anonymous

reply 18

07/01/2013

I just wish we could enforce the law that bans fireworks inside of the fucking city— at least when it's NOT July 4th yet.

by Anonymous

reply 19

07/01/2013

My dog hates fireworks. They freak her out. Probably will have to get her a tranquilizer for this year.

by Anonymous

reply 20

07/01/2013

Get a your dog a Thundershirt.If it doesn't work send it back within 45 days & get your money back.

by Anonymous

reply 21

07/01/2013

How'd you like to be a pet of any kind at R16's ?

by Anonymous

reply 22

07/01/2013

Those thundershirts help my dog too.

by Anonymous

reply 23

07/01/2013

We live by the beach and have the same problem with our dogs. If it was just the 4th of July we could get through it okay. But the fireworks start the week before and then people set off fireworks all the way through Labor Day. Drives us crazy.

by Anonymous

reply 24

07/01/2013

The solution is simple -- stop owning pussy dogs!

Put down the ones you have and get new, thunder-immune canines.

Or get a mean ole tomcat -- they aren't afraid of anything, man or beast.

by Anonymous

reply 25

07/01/2013

My dog wasn't FAZED by fireworks or thunder until he was about two years old. Then he could hear thunder coming before I could! And he'd try to hide under beds or in closets until he was shaking and quaking. And this was a combo Retriever and Shepherd. Big butch dog, not a pussy dog at all. Go figure.

by Anonymous

reply 26

07/01/2013

They are also disparaged as "fraidy cat dogs" for when you can't say "pussy dogs."

Just FYI.

by Anonymous

reply 27

07/01/2013

Fuck your dog. If it weren't for domestication he/she would be getting chased by wild predators in the forest. Why don't you eat the Calmitrol wafers instead?

by Anonymous

reply 28

07/01/2013

My dog is deaf. She doesn't give a shit.

by Anonymous

reply 29

07/01/2013

My neighbor in front of me puts on a fireworks show that lasts for hours and is not some little roman candle show. It's fucking ordinance. Our properties are only 1/2 an acre. You shouldn't be using professional fireworks in a housing development. Yes, I have called the police.

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